Generic Revision Of The Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 2: Josiini
Author
Miller, James S
text
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
2009
2009-06-30
2009
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675
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1206/321.1-1
journal article
10.1206/321.1-1
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Scea semifulva
Warren Plate
34
Scea semifulva
Warren, 1904: 19
.
TYPE
LOCALITY
:
Ecuador
, Guaranda.
TYPE
:
Syntype
♀
, leg. Haensch,
May 1899
(
BMNH
).
DISCUSSION
:
Scea semifulva
, from southwestern
Ecuador
, occurs in sympatry with
S. curvilimes
(pl. 34). A third species from southern
Ecuador
,
S. cleonica
(pl. 34), occurs on the eastern versant.
Scea semifulva
differs from both in that it is slightly smaller (FW length
5
16.0–17.5 mm, as compared with 17.0–20.0 mm), and its orange FW triangle is smaller, its outer margin falling short of the discocellular veins.
Scea semifulva
is well represented in museum collections, but the number of specimens in each is small. The moth was reared by T. Ghia (Pontificia Universidad Católica del
Ecuador
, Quito) in 1995 on
Passiflora manicata
(table 6).
DISTRIBUTION
:
Ecuador
(AMNH, BMNH, CMNH, CUIC, MNHN, PUCE, USNM, ZMH).
DISSECTED
: ³,
Ecuador
,
Bolívar
,
Chimbo
,
2500 m
,
18 Nov 1995
, leg.
T
. Ghia,
PUCE
(genitalia slide no.
JSM-821
)
;
³,
Ecuador
,
Bolívar
,
Chimbo
,
2500 m
,
18 Nov 1995
, leg.
T
. Ghia,
PUCE
(genitalia slide no.
JSM-1719
)
;
♀
,
Ecuador
,
Bolívar
,
Chimbo
,
2500 m
,
18 Nov 1995
, leg.
T
. Ghia,
PUCE
(genitalia slide no.
JSM-822
)
;
♀
,
Ecuador
,
Bolívar
,
Chimbo
,
2500 m
,
18 Nov 1995
, leg.
T
. Ghia,
PUCE
(genitalia slide no.
JSM-1724
)
.